Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-04-06
NEWS IN BRIEF.

n. j.. which is just 100 years old, Is to
be demolished.
Governor Hill, is suffering from
malaria, with which the capitol at
Albany is said to be reeking.
General Beale, of Washington. IS
said to possess a cattle ranch of 250,-
600 acres near Los Angeles, Cal.
There are fifty-one active volcanoes
In Japan. This accounts for the null
titude OF hot springs in that country.
"A woman. Lucy Stone predicts,
will be President of the United States
at Tie beginning Of the coming GEN.
tury.
DIR. Mouritz recently sounded the
crater of the Molokai volcano to the
depth of $500 feet, without finding bot
tom.
Portland, Me-, shipped last year to
England 81, 1000 barrels Of apples, and
expects to send over 100, 900 barrels this
year.
The ordinary tariff for slaves, in
Morocco, varies from 81 to e6 for an
adult male slave to e15 or e16 for
young girl.
One Of Cincinnattl's chief Indus
tries Is the manufacturing of lead,
fifteen million pounds of which are
made every year.
"A gambler cannot be indicted for
vagrancy in Texas, it is stated, if he
can prove that he makes a fair living
at his profession.
Hugh Barnett. of EdyardspOrt
Ind, was so amused at pun made by
neighbor that he laughed immoder-
ately and fell dead.
Near Toronto Is being constructed
the first steel steamer ever built In
Canada. The engines, however, are
being made in Scotland.
-Charlemagne at a very advanced
age acquired the art OF writing, an un-
usual accomplishment, except among
churchmen in those days.
The Northern Pacific Railroad is
building car which IS intended to
supply heat, Illumination and pure
water to the rest of the train.
There are over four hundred
saloons in Cairo, Egypt, where a few
years ago not one was open. Most Of
them are owned by Englishmen. .
"A rat hunt that lasted 60 days ter
minated recently in the vicinity of
Mount Vernon, Ohio, with a stated
total OF IL ,232 rats and mice killed.
"A new industry recently developed
in Hancock County, Maine, is the
gathering of white pine and spruce
cones for French AID German markets.
"A Virginia justice of the peace has
fined a fisherman 81 for contending In
open court that the moon had anything
TO do with the ebb and flow of the
tides.
The fastest vessel in the world is
said to be the French torpedo boat
Ouragan, which is credited with rec
ord OF about twenty-nine miles an
hour.
"A large, tame white rat, a great
favorite of the "Guvnor," accom-
panied Mr.. Lester Wallack and his son
Harold on their trip to Enterprise,
Florida.
"A subordinate branch of the
Young Mems Christian Association OF
New York has refused to admit a
account of his color.
The task of eating ninety pies in as
many days has been undertaken by q
Racine wis. man. At last accounts
he had disposed of his twenty-sixth pie
and wasn't feeling altogether well.
In Germany the microphone IS
now used for tracing leak In water
pipes, the slightest trickling of the
water being made distinctly audible
when the apparatus is brought nearest.
In the United States every hund-
dreth man takes college course; in
England, every five hundreth, Scot
land, every six hundredth, and in Ger
many, every two hundred and thir-
teenth.
Mrs. j. W. Smith, of Orange, n.
j., during tue past year. rode 2643
miles upon q tricycle., 2225 of which
were made upon tandem tricycle. with
her husband, and Ais miles alone upon
a single tricycle..
-Gossieers in Catlin, H., have
been given food for talk by the ap-
preaching marriage of young lady
resident to school teacher who
whipped her so severely a few days ago
that he was arrested and fined.
The damages secured by Wash
lngton man, who sued the District Of
Columbia to recover for injuries re-
sllting from defective sidewalk, were
quite disproportiOnate to his claims.
He was awarded one cent and susd for
$1,000.
condenser mITA - uIIuU prIuCi paIIy
in Switzerland. There are 100000
head of cattle in the Republic, rather
more than one-half of which are COWS.
These yield 223, ,0O0, COO gallons OF milk
per annum, which is worth on estimate
s27, 900. 600.
Fright caused the death of man
near Highland, Mich, the other day,
who imagined he contracted hydrOphO-
bia while skinning sheep (Silled at the
Instance OF the owner bitten by dog
thought to have been suffering from
the dreaded nalady.
"A great wolf hunt occurred re-
Gently in Illinois, nearly 2000 hunters
taking part in the drive. Fifteen
wolves were killed, while 25 are known
to have escaped. The hunters formed
a Gordon % miles in diameter, and
gradually contracted the area, beating
the ground carefully as they advanced.
Some time ago a large clock IN an
Elizabeth IN. j. factory unaccount-
ably ceased running. The other day
An examination was made when, to the
Of the repairer. garter
snake foot long was found coiled up
In the works. How did his snakeship
get there is a puzzle that's now bother
ing the towns people.
IMPROVING ON NATURE.-"You
can't improve on nature" said old
"Oh yes. you can," said
young Hyson; "a man may be born a
natural fool, but il he keeps OH like
some men know, by the time he's If
~ he's bigger fool than all the babies
in tho world. Nature can't make a
TOOL equal to the man who makes fool
)f himself" And then old Hardhead